• Participants of Gaza mental health conference denied entry to Gaza protest at Erez crossing

    About 80 international, Israeli and Palestinian protesters gathered at the Erez crossing to the Gaza strip on Sunday to demonstrate against the Israeli government’s denial of entry for health professionals planning to attend the International Gaza Community Mental Health Program Conference. Multiple armed border police pushed the protesters back from the fence of the crossing…

  • Village of Azzun under curfew again, fifteen youth arrested in three days

    Israeli military forces invaded the village of Azzun at 4:30pm on 25th October, enforcing a curfew on residents – forcing all businesses to close; and all residents to remain in their homes. Five Israeli jeeps patrolled the village, firing sound bombs and announcing the imposition of curfew and forcing anyone on the streets to go…

  • Expansion of the illegal outpost of Yitzhar settlement

    On Friday 24 October settlers from the illegal outpost of Yitzhar erected 3 fence posts in what local Palestinian villagers suspect is an expansion of the settlement. In direct contradiction with Israeli and international law, settlers appear to be expanding the illegal outpost bringing the barrier of the settlement within 200 metres of Palestinian homes…

  • Armed settlers burn farmers equipment in Burin

    On the morning of October 25th, two Palestinian farmers from Burin arrived in their fields to harvest olives only to discover their farming equipment and one olive tree burnt by settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Bracha. A total of 10 buckets, 7 tarps, 3 ladders, and one olive tree were burnt by 9…

  • Israeli forces attack residents of Ni’lin as they pray on their land

    Friday, October 24, 2008 The weekly prayer demonstration in Ni’lin began at 11.15am, when Israeli soldiers began to shoot tear gas at a group of residents attempting to pray on their land. Those praying moved to another spot, where the soldiers continued to shoot tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets directly at the crowd,…